AO3's Top Ships (2026)
The 50 most popular ships on Archive of Our Own, ranked by total works. SasuNaru leads with over 180,000 works — every entry links to a curated rec list so you can go straight from ranking to reading.
SasuNaru
Sasuke Uchiha/Naruto UzumakiNaruto · over 180,000 works
Most-loved fic: Molly Was the Reason Not the Cause by SaccharinePossum — 121 kudos
Sterek
Derek Hale/Stiles StilinskiTeen Wolf · over 120,000 works
Most-loved fic: Lock All The Doors Behind You by entanglednow — 69,101 kudos
Destiel
Castiel/Dean WinchesterSupernatural · over 95,000 works
Most-loved fic: Twist and Shout by gabriel — 40,924 kudos
Klance
Keith/LanceVoltron · over 90,000 works
Most-loved fic: It's always been you by jadanator — 1 kudos
Lumity
Amity Blight/Luz NocedaThe Owl House · over 90,000 works
Most-loved fic: Ghost Of You by orphan_account — 9,125 kudos
KageHina
Kageyama Tobio/Hinata ShouyouHaikyuu · over 85,000 works
Most-loved fic: Terminal by jaaayy — 26 kudos
Stony
Steve Rogers/Tony StarkMCU · over 85,000 works
Most-loved fic: The Twice-Told Tale by arysteia — 35,415 kudos
NaruSasu
Naruto Uzumaki/Sasuke UchihaNaruto · over 85,000 works
Most-loved fic: psalms by angel222you — 37 kudos
Hannigram
Will Graham/Hannibal LecterHannibal · over 85,000 works
Most-loved fic: The Shape of Me Will Always be You by MissDisoriental — 50,538 kudos
DNF
Dream/GeorgeNotFoundDSMP · over 85,000 works
Most-loved fic: Carry the Cross of My Shame by RebelPaisley — 42 kudos
Merthur
Merlin/Arthur PendragonMerlin BBC · over 85,000 works
Arthur/Merlin
Arthur Pendragon/MerlinMerlin BBC · over 85,000 works
Malec
Magnus Bane/Alec LightwoodShadowhunters · over 85,000 works
Victuuri
Viktor Nikiforov/Yuuri KatsukiYuri on Ice · over 85,000 works
Viktuuri
Yuuri Katsuki/Viktor NikiforovYuri on Ice · over 85,000 works
CaitVi
Caitlyn Kiramman/ViArcane · over 85,000 works
Bella/Edward
Edward Cullen/Bella SwanTwilight · over 85,000 works
Catradora
Adora/CatraShe-Ra · over 80,000 works
Clexa
Clarke Griffin/LexaThe 100 · over 78,000 works
Stucky
James 'Bucky' Barnes/Steve RogersMCU · over 75,000 works
Hannigram
Hannibal Lecter/Will GrahamHannibal · over 75,000 works
Stolitz
Blitzo/StolasHelluva Boss · over 75,000 works
Stolitz
Blitzo/StolasHelluva Boss · over 75,000 works
Johnlock
Sherlock Holmes/John WatsonSherlock BBC · over 70,000 works
Drarry
Draco Malfoy/Harry PotterHarry Potter · over 65,000 works
Jikook
Jeon Jungkook/Park JiminBTS · over 65,000 works
KuroKen
Kuroo Tetsurou/Kozume KenmaHaikyuu · over 65,000 works
Zutara
Katara/ZukoATLA · over 65,000 works
Ladynoir
Adrien Agreste/Marinette Dupain-ChengMiraculous · over 65,000 works
Jayvik
Jayce Talis/ViktorArcane · over 65,000 works
Bellarke
Bellamy Blake/Clarke GriffinThe 100 · over 62,000 works
Ineffable Husbands
Aziraphale/CrowleyGood Omens · over 60,000 works
Wincest
Dean Winchester/Sam WinchesterSupernatural · over 60,000 works
Taekook
Kim Taehyung/Jeon JungkookBTS · over 55,000 works
Wolfstar
Remus Lupin/Sirius BlackHarry Potter · over 55,000 works
Thorki
Loki/ThorMCU · over 55,000 works
Byler
Mike Wheeler/Will ByersStranger Things · over 55,000 works
LawLu
Trafalgar D. Water Law/Monkey D. LuffyOne Piece · over 55,000 works
Stydia
Stiles Stilinski/Lydia MartinTeen Wolf · over 55,000 works
Sans/Reader
Sans/ReaderUndertale · over 55,000 works
Soukoku
Osamu Dazai/Chuuya NakaharaBSD · over 55,000 works
Timebomb
Ekko/JinxArcane · over 55,000 works
Rowaelin
Rowan Whitethorn/Aelin GalathyniusThrone of Glass · over 55,000 works
FirstPrince
Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-WindsorRWRB · over 55,000 works
Alex/Henry
Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-WindsorRWRB · over 55,000 works
Solavellan
Solas/LavellanDragon Age · over 55,000 works
IwaOi
Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa TooruHaikyuu · over 52,000 works
DaiSuga
Sawamura Daichi/Sugawara KoushiHaikyuu · over 50,000 works
Connverse
Connie Maheswaran/Steven UniverseSteven Universe · over 50,000 works
HuskerDust
Angel Dust/HuskHazbin Hotel · over 50,000 works
How to read this ranking
Total works is a lifetime measure — it rewards ships whose fandoms have been writing for a decade, which is why the very top of this table barely moves from year to year. A ship from a brand-new show can be the most active pairing on the archive for months while still sitting mid-table here, simply because the veterans have a fifteen-year head start.
Work counts are rounded approximations of each AO3 tag's magnitude at our last data refresh. For any pairing, the linked page has the curated version: the ship's most-kudosed fics with summaries, word counts, and completion status, plus trope and length breakdowns.
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